Matinee at the Flame

An elderly junk dealer finds redemption in a defunct burlesque theater. A middle-aged Jewish man discovers the aphrodisiacal powers of a Ku Klux Klan uniform. An annual street carnival provides the venue for legalized murder. Welcome to the world of Christopher Fahy, a world of fantastical transformation, where the ordinary takes bizarre and macabre twists:

A druggie wandering in Europe touches a medieval painting and is shockingly changed forever.

A middle aged bachelor loser becomes a slave to his TV set, which has him carry out its evil plans.

New dental work turns a cuckold into a vengeful killer.

A mild-mannered octogenarian comes back from the dead to right the wrongs of his familiar world.

A greedy businessman is trapped in a life-or-death game played with 1952 baseball cards.

Frankenstein's monster visits his creator, Mary Shelley, in the dark of a sleepless night with love on his mind.

A hopeless young factory worker uses her savings to pay for a fantasy tryst with her idol, a dead rock star, and is shattered by the experience. These are among the twenty-two (Also available is the signed hardcover limited release which includes one extra story) fantasy stories in the latest Overlook Connection Press release, Christopher Fahy's Matinee at the Flame.Genre: Horror